News from ORC:
Large fleet of 128 entries prompts a new innovative format to determine 2012 Class A and Class B World Champions and improvements to venue logistics.
Competitors with a 2012 ORC GPH (General Purpose Handicap) rating of 614.9 sec/mile or less will race for the Class A World Championship title, and those with a 2012 GPH of greater than or equal to 615.0 sec/mi will race for the Class B World Championship title. At the current entry level of 128, this puts over 40 boats in Class A and over 80 boats in Class B – figures are not exact yet, as some teams listed their 2011 GPH figures in their entries.
The large number of entries has prompted MSC to create two separate course areas for racing Class A and Class B that are south of the event venue on Särkkä Island. But the difference in the numbers of entries in each class has also prompted a racing format for Class B that while new for an ORC championship, is not unusual for other championship events in large one-design fleets: the creation of Gold and Silver heats. Continue reading »
- Class division GPH to 615
- Enfant Terrible joins the fleet
- Audi Sailing Team changes boat
- City of Helsinki supports ORCi Worlds
- Bohemia Express joins the fleet
- BOW 2012 – NOR and registration
- At least 120 boats will sail in two classes
- Helsinki weather
- First time limit passed with 115 entries
- Boat number 95 is another TP 52
- 85 entries received and still 5 months to the first start
- Up-to-date news from snowy Finland
- Finnish Offshore Sailors met Maurizio Cossutti
- Baltic Offshore August
- Helsinki welcomes sailors to the World Design Capital
- TP 52 Wolfpack Trucknor to Helsinki
- Tune-up for the ORCi Worlds
- ORCi Worlds 4.-11.8.2012 in Helsinki
